Operación Triunfo series 10

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2018, began airing on La 1 on 19 September 2018, presented by Roberto Leal.^[1][2]

Operación Triunfo
Series 10
Hosted by	Roberto Leal
Judges	Manuel Martos Joe Pérez-Orive Ana Torroja
Winner	Famous Oberogo
Runner-up	Alba Reche
Location	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	19 September (2018-09-19) – 19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)
Series chronology

In addition to the Galas or weekly live shows on La 1, the side show El Chat aired on La 1 after each weekly Gala, hosted by Noemí Galera and Ricky Merino.^[3] The activities of the contestants at "The Academy" or La Academia were streamed live via YouTube.^[4]

Famous Oberogo was announced the winner on 19 December 2018. Alba Reche came second.^[5]

As in the previous season, the series served as the platform to select the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.^[6][7] A special live show of Operación Triunfo 2018 was held on 20 January 2019 to select the Spanish entrant and song for Eurovision.^[8] Miki Núñez was selected with the song "La venda".^[9]

Headmaster, judges and presenter

It was announced that Roberto Leal would continue as host when the series was renewed on 28 February 2018.^[1] Noemí Galera confirmed she would continue as the headmaster of the Academy on 13 July 2018.^[10] On 23 August 2018, Mónica Naranjo announced that she would be leaving the judging panel; the same day it was confirmed that marketing director Joe Pérez-Orive and music executive and producer Manuel Martos would return as judges.^[11] On 10 September 2018, it was announced that singer Ana Torroja would join Pérez-Orive and Martos on the judging panel. As in the previous season, the three regular judges were accompanied every week by a guest panelist from the music industry.^[12]

Auditions

Open casting auditions began on 30 May 2018 in Barcelona and concluded on 10 July 2018 in Madrid. The minimum age to audition was 18.^[13][14]

Summary of open auditions

Location	Date(s)	Venue
Barcelona	30 May 2018	Palau Sant Jordi
Alicante	4 June 2018	Port of Alicante
Valencia	7 June 2018	Port of Valencia
Palma	12 June 2018	Palacio de Congresos del Pueblo Español
San Sebastián	18 June 2018	Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium
Vigo	21 June 2018	Museo do Mar de Galicia
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	26 June 2018	Auditorio de Tenerife
Málaga	2 July 2018	Fycma
Seville	5 July 2018	Fibes
Madrid	10 July 2018	Technical University of Madrid

A total of 16,769 candidates participated in the open auditions.^[15] After the open auditions, 85 candidates were called for the final closed-door auditions that took place from 28 August 2018 to 30 August 2018 in Barcelona.^[16][17] 18 candidates advanced to the introduction live show or "Gala 0".^[17]

Contestants

The 18 contestants that appeared on the introduction live show or Gala 0 were announced on 14 September 2018.^[18][19]

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Famous	19	Bormujos, Andalusia	Gala Final	Winner
Alba Reche	21	Elche, Valencian Community		Runner-up
Natalia	19	Pamplona, Navarre		3rd
Sabela	24	As Pontes, Galicia		4th
Julia	23	San Fernando, Andalusia		5th
Miki	22	Terrassa, Catalonia	Gala 12	6th
Marta	18	Torre del Mar (Vélez-Málaga), Andalusia	Gala 11	7th
María	26	Madrid, Madrid	Gala 10	8th
Marilia	18	Gáldar, Canary Islands	Gala 9	9th
Carlos Right	25	Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia	Gala 8	10th
Noelia	22	Málaga, Andalusia	Gala 7	11th
Damion	21	Adeje, Canary Islands	Gala 6	12th
Dave	20	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia	Gala 5	13th
Joan Garrido	22	Bunyola, Balearic Islands	Gala 4	14th
África	22	Madrid, Madrid	Gala 3	15th
Alfonso La Cruz (La Cruz)	22	Madrid, Madrid	Gala 2	16th
Rodrigo	25	San Juan del Puerto, Andalusia	Gala 0	Not selected
Luis	19	El Masnou, Catalonia

Galas

The Galas or live shows began on 19 September 2018. In the introduction live show or Gala 0, 18 candidates were presented to enter the "Academy." Each contestant performed a cover version of a popular song of their choice, and two of the candidates were eliminated. For the regular galas, the contestants are assigned a popular song to perform in a duet or solo. The audience votes for their favourite performer, and the contestant with the most votes is exempt for nominations. The jury panel comments on the performances and nominates four contestants for elimination. The Academy's staff meeting saves one of the nominees, and the safe contestants save another of the nominees. The two remaining nominees prepare the performance of a song of their choice each for next week's live show, where one of the contestants is saved by the audience via televote, sms and app voting. Each gala features a guest judge and guest performers.

Results summary

Colour key

–	Contestant received the most public votes and was exempt for nominations.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination but was saved by the Academy's staff.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination but was saved by the contestants.
–	Contestants were up for the elimination and were the nominees of the week.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination and was one of the nominees of the week, but was saved by the jury.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination but was immediately saved by the public votes.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination but was immediately eliminated by the public votes.

	Gala 0	Gala 1	Gala 2	Gala 3	Gala 4	Gala 5	Gala 6	Gala 7	Gala 8	Gala 9	Gala 10	Gala 11	Gala 12	Final
Famous	Saved	Joan	Dave	Damion	Dave	Marta	Noelia	Miki	Marta	María	Marta	Mark: 8.75	Finalist	Winner (Final)
Alba	Saved	Joan	Joan	Joan	Dave	Carlos	María	Carlos	María	María	Miki	Mark: 9.25	Finalist	Runner-up (Final)
Natalia	Saved	Joan	Joan	Damion	Sabela	Carlos	María	Miki	María	Julia	Miki	Mark: 10	Finalist	3rd Place (Final)
Sabela	Saved	Nominated	Joan	Joan	Saved	Damion	Marilia	Miki	María	Julia	Nominated	Mark: 8.25	Finalist	4th Place (Final)
Julia	Saved	Joan	Dave	Dave	Dave	Carlos	Noelia	Marilia	Marilia	Saved	Sabela	Mark: 9.25	Finalist	5th Place (Final)
Miki	Saved	Joan	Joan	Joan	Dave	Carlos	María	Saved	María	Julia	Saved	Mark: 7.75	Evicted (Gala 12)
Marta	Saved	Alfonso	Dave	Dave	Sabela	Nominated	Noelia	Marilia	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 11)
María	Saved	Sabela	África	Dave	Sabela	Carlos	Saved	Marilia	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 10)
Marilia	Saved	Sabela	Joan	Joan	Sabela	Marta	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 9)
Carlos	Saved	Sabela	Dave	Dave	Nominated	Saved	Marilia	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 8)
Noelia	Saved	Alfonso	Dave	Dave	Carlos	Marta	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)
Damion	Saved	Alfonso	África	Nominated	Sabela	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)
Dave	Saved	Joan	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)
Joan	Saved	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)
África	Saved	Alfonso	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 3)
Alfonso	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 2)
Rodrigo	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Luis	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Up for elimination	Carlos Luis Rodrigo Sabela	África Alfonso Joan Sabela	África Dave Joan María	Damion Dave Joan Miki	Carlos Dave Noelia Sabela	Carlos Damion Marilia Marta	María Marilia Miki Noelia	Carlos Julia Marilia Miki	Famous María Marilia Marta	Famous Julia María Marta	Alba Marta Miki Sabela	Alba Famous Julia Miki Sabela	Winner	Famous 36% to win (out of 3)
Saved by Academy's staff	Sabela	África	María	Miki	Noelia	Marilia	Miki	Julia	Famous	Famous	Alba	Famous
Saved by contestants	None	Joan 6 of 13 votes to save	Joan 5* of 12 votes to save	Dave 5 of 11 votes to save	Sabela 5 of 10 votes to save	Carlos 5 of 9 votes to save	María 3* of 8 votes to save	Miki 3* of 7 votes to save	María 4 of 6 votes to save	Julia 3 of 5 votes to save	Miki 2 of 4 votes to save	None	Finalist	Alba 35% to win (out of 3)
Saved by jury	None											Alba 3 of 3 votes to save
Saved by public vote	Carlos 42% to save	Sabela 78.8% to save	Dave 80% to save	Damion 65% to save	Carlos 62% to save	Marta 59% to save	Marilia 50.2% to save	Marilia 57% to save	Marta 53% to save	Marta 57% to save	Sabela 64% to save	Sabela 43% to save		Natalia 29% to win (out of 3)
												Julia 37% to save
Eliminated	Rodrigo 37% to save	Alfonso 21.2% to save	África 20% to save	Joan 35% to save	Dave 38% to save	Damion 41% to save	Noelia 49.8% to save	Carlos 43% to save	Marilia 47% to save	María 43% to save	Marta 36% to save	Miki 20% to save		Sabela 12% to win (out of 5)
	Luis 21% to save													Julia 10% to win (out of 5)

Gala 0 (19 September 2018)

• Musical guests: Contestants from Operación Triunfo 2017 ("Camina")

Contestants' performances on Gala 0

Contestant	Order	Song[20]	Result[21]
Marilia	1	"Piel canela"	Saved by the jury
Damion	2	"What Do You Mean?"	Saved by the jury
Julia	3	"Vuelves"	Saved by the jury
Famous	4	"Faith"	Saved by the jury
Natalia	5	"Crazy"	Saved by the jury
Rodrigo	6	"El sitio de mi recreo"	Eliminated
María	7	"Cry to Me"	Saved by the jury
Carlos Right	8	"Cómo mirarte"	Saved by the public vote
Alba Reche	9	"Dangerous Woman"	Saved by the jury
Alfonso	10	"Pégate"	Saved by the jury
Noelia	11	"River"	Saved by the jury
Dave	12	"Sea"	Saved by the jury
Sabela	13	"Bachata Rosa"	Saved by the Academy's staff
Miki	14	"Prefiero"	Saved by the jury
Luis	15	"Carita de buena"	Eliminated
Marta	16	"Superstar"	Saved by the jury
Joan Garrido	17	"Let's Stay Together"	Saved by the jury
África	18	"Tuyo"	Saved by the jury

Gala 1 (26 September 2018)

• Group performance: "This Is Me"
• Musical guests:^[22]
  • Malú ("Todos los secretos")
  • Aitana ("Teléfono")
• Guest judge: Tony Aguilar^[22]

Contestants' performances on Gala 1

Contestant	Order	Song[23]	Result[24]
Carlos Right	1	"El ataque de las chicas cocodrilo"	Saved by the jury
Miki			Saved by the jury
África	2	"Perfect"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Damion			Saved by the jury
Alfonso	3	"Échame la Culpa"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Sabela			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Dave	4	"Alfonsina y el mar"	Saved by the jury
Marilia			Saved by the jury
Alba Reche	5	"Respect"	Saved by the jury
Noelia			Favourite of the audience
María	6	"Ella"	Saved by the jury
Marta			Saved by the jury
Joan Garrido	7	"Vuelvo a verte"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Julia			Saved by the jury
Famous	8	"Feel It Still"	Saved by the jury
Natalia			Saved by the jury

Gala 2 (3 October 2018)

• Group performance: "Bonito es"
• Musical guests:^[25]
  • Lola Indigo ("Ya no quiero ná")
  • Tequila (Greatest Hits' medley)
• Guest judges:^[25]
  • Rosana (substituting Ana Torroja)
  • Julia Gómez Cora

Contestants' performances on Gala 2

Contestant	Order	Song[26]	Result[27]
Up for elimination
Alfonso	1	"All of Me"	Eliminated
Sabela	2	"Benditas feridas"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Dave	3	"Volando voy"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Noelia			Saved by the jury
África	4	"Friends"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
María			Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Alba Reche	5	"Alma mía"	Saved by the jury
Miki			Saved by the jury
Joan Garrido	6	"Another Day of Sun"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Marilia			Saved by the jury
Damion	7	"Déjala que baile"	Saved by the jury
Famous			Saved by the jury
Marta	8	"Tainted Love"	Saved by the jury
Natalia			Favourite of the audience
Carlos Right	9	"Mi historia entre tus dedos"	Saved by the jury
Julia			Saved by the jury

Gala 3 (10 October 2018)

• Group performance: "Viva la Vida"
• Musical guest:^[28] Blas Cantó ("Él no soy yo")
• Guest judge:^[28] Wally López

Contestants' performances on Gala 3

Contestant	Order	Song[29]	Result[30]
Up for elimination
África	1	"God Is a Woman"	Eliminated
Dave	2	"Rock and roll bumerang"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Regular performances
Alba Reche	3	"Just Give Me a Reason"	Saved by the jury
Marta			Saved by the jury
Carlos Right	4	"Contigo"	Saved by the jury
María			Saved by the jury
Famous	5	"What a Fool Believes"	Saved by the jury
Noelia			Saved by the jury
Damion	6	"Lo siento"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Natalia			Saved by the jury
Joan Garrido	7	"Friday I'm in Love"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Miki			Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Marilia	8	"Cómo quieres que te quiera"	Saved by the jury
Sabela			Saved by the jury
Julia	9	"Born This Way"	Favourite of the audience

Gala 4 (17 October 2018)

• Group performance: "I Am What I Am"
• Musical guests:^[31]
  • Mon Laferte ("Mi buen amor")
  • Álvaro Soler ("La cintura") (with the contestants)
• Guest judge:^[31] David Otero

Contestants' performances on Gala 4

Contestant	Order	Song[32]	Result[33]
Up for elimination
Damion	1	"Give Me Love"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Joan Garrido	2	"Bed I Made"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Dave	3	"Vivir"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Julia			Saved by the jury
Marilia	4	"Lo echamos a suertes"	Saved by the jury
Marta			Saved by the jury
Famous	5	"Take Me to Church"	Saved by the jury
María	6	"Quédate en Madrid"	Favourite of the audience
Miki			Saved by the jury
Carlos Right	7	"Estrella polar"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Sabela			Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Noelia	8	"La tormenta"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Alba Reche	9	"Toxic"	Saved by the jury
Natalia			Saved by the jury

Gala 5 (24 October 2018)

• Group performance: "Me encanta"
• Musical guests:^[34]
  • Vance Joy ("Riptide")
  • Miriam Rodríguez & Pablo López ("No!")
• Guest judge:^[34] Javier Llano

Contestants' performances on Gala 5

Contestant	Order	Song[35]	Result[36]
Up for elimination
Carlos Right	1	"Tip Toe"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Dave	2	"Créeme"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Alba Reche	3	"Fast Car"	Saved by the jury
Famous			Saved by the jury
Miki	4	"El patio"	Favourite of the audience
María	5	"Ex's & Oh's"	Saved by the jury
Noelia			Saved by the jury
Marta	6	"Y nos dieron las diez"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Damion	7	"Volar"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Sabela			Saved by the jury
Julia	8	"Pienso en tu mirá"	Saved by the jury
Natalia			Saved by the jury
Marilia	9	"Rather Be"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff

Gala 6 (31 October 2018)

• Group performance: "Vivir así es morir de amor"
• Musical guest:^[37] Tom Walker ("Leave a Light On")
• Guest judge:^[37] Carlos Jean

Contestants' performances on Gala 6

Contestant	Order	Song[38]	Result[39]
Up for elimination
Damion	1	"God's Plan"	Eliminated
Marta	2	"Leave Me Alone"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Famous	3	"1, 2, 3"	Saved by the jury
María			Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Sabela	4	"Set Fire to the Rain"	Saved by the jury
Carlos Right	5	"Lucky"	Saved by the jury
Marilia			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alba Reche	6	"La Llorona"	Favourite of the audience
Julia	7	"Tú y yo volvemos al amor"	Saved by the jury
Noelia			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Miki	8	"Shallow"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Natalia			Saved by the jury

Gala 7 (7 November 2018)

• Group performance: "Don't Stop Me Now"
• Musical guests:^[40]
  • Eros Ramazzotti ("Hay vida")
  • CNCO ("Llegaste Tú" / "Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)")
• Guest judge:^[41] Brisa Fenoy

Contestants' performances on Gala 7

Contestant	Order	Song[42]	Result[43]
Up for elimination
Marilia	1	"María se bebe las calles"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Noelia	2	"Stone Cold"	Eliminated
Regular performances
María	3	"Voy en un coche"	Saved by the jury
Famous	4	"Nobody but You"	Favourite of the audience
Miki	5	"No olvidarme de olvidar"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Sabela			Saved by the jury
Natalia	6	"Flames"	Saved by the jury
Alba Reche	7	"Contamíname"	Saved by the jury
Carlos Right			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Julia	8	"Love On Top"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Marta			Saved by the jury

Gala 8 (14 November 2018)

• Group performance: "Enamorado de la moda juvenil"
• Musical guests:^[44]
  • David Bisbal & Greeicy ("Perdón")
  • James Arthur ("Empty Space")
  • Carlos Baute & Marta Sánchez ("Te sigo pensando")
• Guest judge:^[44] Ruth Lorenzo

Contestants' performances on Gala 8

Contestant	Order	Song[45]	Result[46]
Up for elimination
Carlos Right	1	"Everything"	Eliminated
Marilia	2	"Hasta la Raíz"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Famous	3	"September"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Marta			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Natalia	4	"Aunque no sea conmigo"	Saved by the jury
María	5	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Sabela			Favourite of the audience
Julia	6	"90 minutos"	Saved by the jury
Miki	7	"Can We Dance"	Saved by the jury
Alba Reche	8	"Je veux"	Saved by the jury

Gala 9 (21 November 2018)

• Group performance: "Spice Up Your Life"
• Musical guests:^[47]
  • Manuel Carrasco ("Me dijeron de pequeño")
  • Vanesa Martín ("Inventas")
  • C. Tangana & Niño de Elche ("Un veneno")
• Guest judge: Pastora Soler^[47]

Contestants' performances on Gala 9

Contestant	Order	Song[48]	Result[49]
Up for elimination
Marilia	1	"Only Girl (In the World)"	Eliminated
Marta	2	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Natalia	3	"Lush Life"	Saved by the jury
Miki	4	"Una lluna a l'aigua"	Favourite of the audience
Julia	5	"Me Muero"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
María	6	"Amorfoda"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alba Reche	7	"Allí donde solíamos gritar"	Saved by the jury
Famous	8	"El reloj"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Sabela	9	"Next to Me"	Saved by the jury

Gala 10 (28 November 2018)

From this week, voting for the favourite of the audience was put on hold for the final stretch of the series, and no contestant was exempt from nominations.

• Group performance: "Somos" (all sixteen contestants)
• Musical guests:
  • Ana Belén ("Esta vida es un regalo")
  • Cepeda ("Por ti estaré")
• Guest judge: Paco Tomás

Contestants' performances on Gala 10

Contestant	Order	Song[50]	Result
Up for elimination
María	1	"Because the Night"	Eliminated
Marta	2	"Like a Prayer"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Sabela	3	"Te necesito"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alba Reche	4	"Lost on You"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Miki	5	"Promesas que no valen nada"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Julia	6	"A que no me dejas"	Saved by the jury
Natalia	7	"The Scientist"	Saved by the jury
Famous	8	"Uptown Funk"	Saved by the jury

Gala 11 (5 December 2018)

This episode determined the first two contestants that qualified for the final. Each of the four members of the jury panel gave marks to the contestants (from 5 to 10). The contestant with the highest score was saved. The Academy's staff saved a second contestant. The four remaining contestants were up for elimination.

• Group performance: "Ni tú ni nadie"
• Musical guests:
  • Alfred García ("De la Tierra hasta Marte")
  • Rosana ("En la memoria de la piel")
• Guest judges:
  • Ana Belén (substituting Ana Torroja)
  • Javier Llano

Contestants' performances on Gala 11

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Marta	1	"One More Try"	Eliminated
Sabela	2	"El cuarto de Tula"	Saved by the public vote; up for elimination
Regular performances
Famous	3	"Problem"	Saved by the Academy's staff; Finalist
Julia	4	"Sober"	Up for elimination
Miki	5	"Hijos de la tierra"	Up for elimination
Natalia	6	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Saved by the jury; Finalist
Alba Reche	7	"Crazy in Love"	Up for elimination

Detailed Jury Marks
Contestant	M. Martos	A. Belén	J. Pérez-Orive	J. Llano	Total
Alba Reche	9	10	10	8	37
Famous	9	9	9	8	35
Julia	9	9	10	9	37
Miki	8	8	8	7	31
Natalia	10	10	10	10	40
Sabela	8	9	8	8	33

Gala 12 (12 December 2018)

The episode determined the last three contestants that advanced to the final and joined the two contestants who had already qualified the previous week. The judging panel saved one of the four contestants that were up for elimination. The public saved two of the remaining three contestants in a voting window that took place during the live show.^[51]

• Group performance: "Human"
• Musical guests:
  • Laura Pausini and Biagio Antonacci ("El valor de seguir adelante")
  • Ana Guerra ("Bajito")

Contestants' performances on Gala 12

Contestant	Order	Solo Song	Order	Trio Song	Result
Alba Reche	1	"She Used To Be Mine"	5	"Este amor ya no se toca"	Saved by the jury; Finalist
Julia	4	"Ya lo sabes"			Saved by the public vote; Finalist
Natalia	7	"Seven Nation Army"			Already qualified
Miki	2	"Some Nights"	8	"Calypso"	Eliminated
Sabela	3	"Negro Caravel"			Saved by the public vote; Finalist
Famous	6	"Sólo tú"			Already qualified

Gala Final (19 December 2018)

In the final, the winner of the series was decided by public vote. Each finalist performed a popular song of their choice, and after that, the first round of voting ended. The two finalists with the fewest votes were eliminated. A second round of voting began to determine the winner of the series, and the three remaining finalists performed the song they had sung on "Gala 0".

• Group performances:
  • "The Edge of Glory"
  • "Somos" (all sixteen contestants)
• Musical guests:^[52]
  • Rozalén and David Otero ("Baile")
  • Pablo Alborán ("Tu refugio")
  • Amaia Romero ("Un nuevo lugar")

Contestants' performances on Gala Final

Contestant	Order	Final Song	Order	Gala 0 Song	Result
Alba Reche	1	"Creep"	6	"Dangerous Woman"	Runner-up
Famous	2	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	7	"Faith"	Winner
Julia	3	"Déjame ser"	N/A (already eliminated)		5th place
Natalia	4	"Never Enough"	8	"Crazy"	3rd place
Sabela	5	"Tris Tras"	N/A (already eliminated)		4th place

Specials

Gala de Navidad (26 December 2018)

A Christmas special aired on La 1, where the five finalists of the tenth series performed one of the songs they had performed during the competition alongside its original artist. The special also focused on the five finalists from the ninth series of Operación Triunfo and the start of their solo careers.^[53]

• Group performances (all sixteen contestants):
  • "Somos"
  • "Buenas noches"
• Musical guests:
  • Gisela ("Amigos")
  • Alfred García ("Et vull veure" / "De la Tierra hasta Marte" / "Wonder")
  • Luz Casal ("Miénteme al oído")
  • Aitana ("Vas a quedarte")
  • Amaia Romero ("Perdona (Ahora sí que sí)")
  • Ana Guerra ("Olvídame")

Finalists' duets on Gala de Navidad

Contestant	Order	Guest partner	Song
Julia	1	India Martínez	"90 minutos"
Sabela	2	Rosa Cedrón	"Negro caravel"
Natalia	3	Beret	"Lo siento"
Alba Reche	4	Zaz	"Je veux"
Famous	5	Cesár Sampson	"Nobody but You"

Gala Eurovisión (20 January 2019)

Main article: Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Nine of the contestants from the series performed ten original songs with the goal of representing Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Seventeen candidate songs were assigned to thirteen of the sixteen contestants in solo and duet combinations. An online vote took place from 20 December 2018 to 2 January 2019, and the three songs with the most votes advanced to the special live show "Gala Eurovisión"; an evaluation committee selected seven additional entries from the fourteen remaining songs for the live show. During the live show, the winner was selected by public vote. In case of a tie after the regular window of voting, a second round of voting would have been opened to decide the winner.^[54][55][56]

• Group performance: "Toy"
• Musical guest: Eleni Foureira ("Fuego" / "Tómame")
• Judges (feedback only):
  • Manuel Martos
  • Pastora Soler
  • Tony Aguilar
  • Doron Medalie

Contestants' performances on Gala Eurovisión

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Marilia	1	"Todo bien"	6th
Sabela	2	"Hoy soñaré"	9th
Famous	3	"No puedo más"	7th
Natalia	4	"La clave"	5th
Julia	5	"Qué quieres que haga"	8th
Miki	6	"La venda"	1st
Noelia	7	"Hoy vuelvo a reír otra vez"	4th
Carlos Right	8	"Se te nota"	10th
Miki & Natalia	9	"Nadie se salva"	3rd
María	10	"Muérdeme"	2nd

Tour

Following the finale, all 16 contestants reunited for a tour across arenas and stadiums in Spain, performing live. The tour was troubled by low ticket sales in later shows, which resulted in two shows being changed to smaller venues while the final two concerts were cancelled.^[57]

Colour key:

•   Cancelled tour date

Dates of the Operación Triunfo 2018 tour
Date	City	Venue
8 February 2019	Madrid	WiZink Center
3 May 2019	Pamplona	Navarra Arena
24 May 2019	A Coruña	Coliseum da Coruña
31 May 2019	Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi
1 June 2019	Barakaldo	Bizkaia Arena
8 June 2019	Sevilla	Estadio Benito Villamarín
15 June 2019	Granada	Palacio de Deportes de Granada[a]
22 June 2019	Palencia	Pabellón de Deportes[b]
27 June 2019	Inca	Poliesportiu Mateu Cañellas
29 June 2019	Valencia	Port of Valencia
6 July 2019	Málaga	Auditorio Municipal Cortijo de Torres
21 July 2019	Gijón	Recinto Gijón Life
10 August 2019	Cádiz	Muelle Ciudad del Puerto
15 August 2019[c]	Pineda de Mar	Festival Arts D'Estiu Espai Marítim
21 August 2019[d]	Almería	Recinto Ferial

Notes

1. The Granada concert venue was changed from Plaza de toros de Granada due to low ticket sales.^[58]
2. The Palancia concert venue was changed from Nueva Balastera Stadium due to low ticket sales.^[58]
3. The Pineda De Mar concert was cancelled due to low ticket sales.^[57]
4. The Almería concert was cancelled due to low ticket sales.^[57]

Ratings

Operación Triunfo 2018 consolidated viewership and adjusted position

Colour key:

  – Highest rating during the season (nominal)

  – Lowest rating during the season (nominal)

Episode	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Share	Night Rank	Source
"Season Premiere-Gala 0"	19 September 2018	Wednesday 10:30 pm	2.32	20.5%	#1	[59]
"Gala 1"	26 September 2018		2.10	16.6%	#2	[60]
"Gala 2"	3 October 2018		1.88	15.8%	#2	[61]
"Gala 3"	10 October 2018		2.03	17.0%	#2	[62]
"Gala 4"	17 October 2018		1.96	16.9%	#4	[63]
"Gala 5"	24 October 2018		1.90	15.9%	#4	[64]
"Gala 6"	31 October 2018		1.74	14.1%	#3	[65]
"Gala 7"	7 November 2018		1.84	15.3%	#5	[66]
"Gala 8"	14 November 2018		1.89	15.3%	#3	[67]
"Gala 9"	21 November 2018		1.93	16.2%	#4	[68]
"Gala 10"	28 November 2018		1.91	16.0%	#3	[69]
"Gala 11"	5 December 2018		1.89	15.3%	#3	[70]
"Gala 12"	12 December 2018		1.78	15.4%	#3	[71]
"Gala Final"	19 December 2018		2.23	19.4%	#2	[72]
"Gala de Navidad-Christmas Special"	26 December 2018	Wednesday 10:05 pm	1.79	12.7%	#3	[73]
"Gala Eurovisión-Eurovision National Final"	20 January 2019	Sunday 10:05 pm	1.89	11.6%	#3	[74]